That's a great rule of thumb. It also makes more sense to me (since the maximum loss I'm willing to take in a day is $500 - to have about $1400 per contract position with AMP's $400 margin per position). Thanks!
Valued Futures Clients, {received today, 11/21/20} TradeStation has reinstated reduced intraday futures margin rates for US Equity Indices as well as select Currency, Energy, Interest Rate, and Metals contracts as Monday November 23, 2020. These reduced margin rates are available from 8AM-4PM ET. In addition, CFE Vix Futures products will require 100% of initial margin to establish a position and 100% of maintenance margin to maintain positions The TradeStation Trading Operations and Risk Management teams will be actively monitoring global markets and we will advise on the ongoing status of intraday margin rates. Please contact the Futures Trade Desk at 1-800-837-8951 if you have any questions. Regards, TradeStation Trading Operations Team
Great news. I literally just chatted with an agent yesterday, however, who said the 50% of initial would likely remain for a long time. TradStation website still shows 50% of initial. Is that the update? See here: https://www.tradestation.com/pricing/futures-margin-requirements/
Well, sure enough, looks like they went back to normal 25% of initial: https://www.tradestation.com/pricing/futures-margin-requirements/